i did search, been reading OLD posts for last 45min.

anyone using them on the ITR now? i have TEIN springs and thats it. what are the suggestions you guys have?

Thanks

 

ITR specific Bilstein sports

 

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Yup. Bilstein SP's are where its at. I love mine

 

Koni yellows are great shocks. A Koni yellow +GC setup is a great ticket.

If you want to run stiffer springs than ~500lbs you will want to have them revalved (or get already race-valved Konis from Redshift Motorsports).

If your car is a DD and you dont care that much about being competitive in autox you might want to run Konis w/stock R shocks or if you want to lower the car go ahead and get the Ground Controls and just choose moderate spring rates.

 

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If you want to run stiffer springs than ~500lbs you will want to have them revalved (or get already race-valved Konis from Redshift Motorsports).

If your car is a DD and you dont care that much about being competitive in autox in STX, but want to be competitive in D Stock you might want to run Konis w/stock R springs or if you want to lower the car go ahead and get the Ground Controls and just choose moderate spring rates.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

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Read his other posts, tool, he is already in STX

 

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Which is why I clarified 'uncompetitive in autox' to 'uncompetitive in STX, comptetitive in DS'.


-bender, who is a tool; kinda like jumper cables. Zing!!!

 

:golfclap:

 

Suspension is not the main problem in STX. The problem is that no one makes a shorter and fatter street tire that will fit properly on the ITR.

A 235/40/16 in an Azenis is what we need. The AWD cars just have a much better tire selection.

 

im still trying to figure that one out!

AWD / Turbo = NA / FWD?????

 

Well in the WRXes defense, it is significantly heavier (400lbs+) and has an inferior suspension design (vs the ITR). However they can make mad power with bolt-ons (they gain much more out of I/H/E than we do) , and like Todd said the traction advatage of 245s + AWD = rough life for FWD.

 

In a ST class, don't discount the benefit of street tires and AWD. Also, the WRX only has a 99.x" wheelbase, compared to the ITR's that is 101.x".

The WRX also puts down 230+ HP @ the wheels and a boatload of midrange torque in STX trim.

The strut suspension design can be somewhat fixed with springrates and camber/caster adjustment.

With all of this, the extra weight it carries around is offset by the above.

The ITR still does some things better than the WRX does, but you're gonna need a course that has a lot of these elements in it, such as high-speed slaloms and offsets. Low speed corners to straights and sweepers favor the WRX.

 

i have koni yellows and gc setup and i like it. but then again i've never had any other set up to compare it to. when i first bought my R the previous owner had kyb shocks and ls springs and probably kept the R stock shocks n springs... :

 

Koni yel's = pure sex....great shocks